Richard FitzJohn
Richard FitzJohn was an English nobleman who fought in Wales and Gascony.
Richard FitzJohn | |
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| Died | 1297 Gascony |
| Spouse(s) | Emma |
| Father | John Fitzgeoffrey |
| Mother | Isabel Bigod |
Life
Fitz-John was the second son of John Fitzgeoffrey and Isabel Bigod.
Richard is known to have married Emma, whose parentage is currently unknown. He succeeded his elder brother John FitzJohn in 1275. Richard took part during King Edward I of England's great campaign in 1277 against Llywelyn ap Gruffudd in Wales. In 1282 he served in a similar campaign in Wales, when Edward finally crushed Llywelyn.
He was summoned to proceed to Gascony with Edmund Crouchback in 1295 and was appointed Constable of Rockingham Castle. As Captain of Bourg in Gascony, the garrison was besieged by a French army under the command of Henry III de Sully. The town was in danger of starvation, before being relieved being by Simon Mountagu. Richard later died in 1297 in Gascony. He died without issue with his estates being inherited between his sisters.
Citations
- Foster 1994, p. 88.
References
- Burke, Bernard (1866). A Genealogical History of the Dormant: Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire. Harrison. p. 210.
- Cokayne, George Edward (2000). Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom. 5. Sutton Publishing Ltd. pp. 436–439.
- Foster, Joseph (1994). The Dictionary of Heraldry. Feudal coats of arms and pedigrees. London: Studio Editions.